The Royal National Institute For The Deaf (RNID) Northern Ireland Branch, Hearing Aid Volunteer Project is one of 95 volunteering groups from here and from across the UK to win this year's Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.

It's cheap and probably more effective than a warning or citation. You can go to work or take up odd jobs to pay for that citation, but punching the clock will never restore your hearing.

More than 50 million Americans have some form of hearing loss.

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That which you cannot give away, you do not possess. It possesses you.

Gideon settled on a rock and wriggled somewhat to make himself more comfortable.???Time is like the tides,??? he said,???or more correctly, like a river. There are currents, white and dark water and backwash, Spirituality [...]

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential, Spirituality

One has to abandon altogether the search for security, and reach out to the risk of living with both arms. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing, Spirituality [...]

The door of the soul opens inward and meditation is the key that unlocks the door, Spirituality

If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints. God doesn't always pay you on Friday.

Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong, Spirituality

American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A bidirectional association exists between couples' sleep quality and the quality of their relationship, according to a research abstract that will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of

American Academy of Sleep Medicine) Contrary to popular belief, the timing of sleep in new mothers is preserved after giving birth, according to a research abstract that will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed)) Carl D. Stevens, M.D., M.P.H., a researcher at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed), recently received the Award for Excellence in Education from UCLA.

American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Tel Aviv University advances colorectal cancer screening with "lab-on-a-chip" technology.

Arizona State University) A majority of Southwesterners -- 86 percent -- think the US health care system is in need of some reform, and more than half -- 53 percent -- indicate "a great deal of reform" is needed, according

American Academy of Sleep Medicine) According to a research abstract that will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) negatively affect women's sleep.

Burnham Institute) Gregg Duester, Ph.D., professor of developmental biology at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, along with Xianling Zhao, Ph.D., and colleagues, have clarified the role that retinoic acid plays in limb development. The study showed that retinoic acid controls